Question about "system" vs. "hardware"
Dan,
I'm just curious. The motion clearly says:
"Every IEEE 1788 compilant system shall provide..."
A "system" is any combination of hardware and software. This means I can
easily implement a system conforming to Motion 24 on existing Intel and AMD
hardware using just a few assembler operations.
So how does the motion
"mandate particular hardware as a precondition to conforming to 1788"
???
Nate
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Zuras Intervals" <intervals08@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "stds-1788" <STDS-1788@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Dan Zuras Intervals" <intervals08@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 7:32 AM
Subject: I vote NO on Motion P1788/M0024.03:RoundedOperations: ...
I have detailed my opinions on this motion in this forum
extensively.
These instructions were sufficiently important in the
70s & 80s to be found (in one form or another) on nearly
all machines today. And I believe they are still a good
idea to have hanging around.
I believe that this particular form of all these
instructions is a good idea even today.
But I believe that it is not our place to mandate any
particular hardware as a precondition to conforming to
1788. Further, that such a mandate might actually hurt
efficient hardware & software interval implementations.
For these reasons & more I vote NO on this motion.
Dan